National Food Allergy Strategy (NFASt)

AllerGen’s CanFAST Legacy Project is developing, jointly with various partners across sectors and other knowledge users, a National Food Allergy Strategy (NFASt) for Canada: a Knowledge Mobilization platform that will position Canada as a global leader in improving the management of food allergy across environments and settings.

The NFASt will serve as a repository for AllerGen food allergy data and policy- and patient-relevant research results, “bundling” and disseminating the best evidence on diagnosis, treatment, and management of food allergy and anaphylaxis in order to facilitate public engagement, debate and dialogue, and to promote policy, educational programming and practices that maximize choice and minimize risk for individuals affected by food allergies.

The formation of a national food allergy coalition with AllerGen and industry co-leadership has been initiated via a national stakeholder consultation process; the first gathering in this process was held on June 23, 2015. The presentations given at that event are available below.

Evidence-informed public dialogue, policies and practices about food allergy

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Toward NFASt: Poster (EAACI 2017 Congress)

On July 11, 2017, NFASt co-leader Dr. Susan Elliott presented the poster “Toward a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada” at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) 2017 Congress in Helsinki, Finland.

On June 23rd, 2015, over 30 key stakeholders attended a meeting in Toronto to begin a conversation about, and to assess the appetite and capacity for, developing a National Food Allergy Strategy (NFASt) for Canada.

Presentations from that meeting follow below (click on the image to view the document).